BILL BLOCK

OPERATION FORTUNE: RUSE DE GUERRE (2023)
Starring Jason Statham, Aubrey Plaza, Bugsy Malone, Cary Elwes, Hugh Grant, Josh Hartnett, Bugzy Malone, Max Beesley, Eddie Marsan and Eugenia Kuzmina. Directed by Guy Ritchie.

Super spy Orson Fortune must track down and stop the sale of a deadly new weapons technology wielded by billionaire arms broker Greg Simmonds. Reluctantly teamed with some of the world’s best operatives, Fortune and his crew recruit Hollywood’s biggest movie star Danny Francesco to help them on their globe-trotting undercover mission to save the world.

REVIEWS Operation Fortune: Ruse de guerre - Another generic Guy Ritchie spy film

HALLOWEEN KILLS (2021)
Starring Jamie Lee Curtis, Judy Greer, Andi Matichak, Anthony Michael Hall, Kyle Richards, Nick Castle, James Jude Courtney, Jibrail Nantambu, Robert Longstreet and Nancy Stephens. Directed by David Gordon Green.

Minutes after Laurie Strode, her daughter Karen and granddaughter Allyson left masked monster Michael Myers caged and burning in Laurie’s basement, Laurie is rushed to the hospital with life-threatening injuries, believing she finally killed her lifelong tormentor. ​

But when Michael manages to free himself from Laurie’s trap, his ritual bloodbath resumes. As Laurie fights her pain and prepares to defend herself against him, she inspires all of Haddonfield to rise up against their unstoppable monster.

The Strode women join a group of other survivors of Michael’s first rampage who decide to take matters into their own hands, forming a vigilante mob that sets out to hunt Michael down, once and for all.

Evil dies tonight.

REVIEWS Halloween Kills - Killer sequel is nothing but filler

WRATH OF MAN (2021)
Starring Jason Statham, Alex Ferns, Holt McCallany, Scott Eastwood, Jeffrey Donovan, Laz Alonso, Josh Hartnett, Niamh Algar, Raúl Castillo and Post Malone. Directed by Guy Ritchie.

A mysterious new cash truck security guard (Jason Statham) surprises his co-workers during a heist in which he unexpectedly unleashes precision skills. The crew is left wondering who he is and where he came from. Soon, the marksman’s ultimate motive becomes clear as he takes dramatic and irrevocable steps to settle a score.

REVIEWS Wrath of Man - Another forgettable addition to the dude crime genre

HALLOWEEN (2018)
Starring Jamie Lee Curtis, Judy Greer, Andi Matichak, Will Patton, Virginia Gardner, Nick Castle, Miles Robbins, Toby Huss, Jefferson Hall and Haluk Bilginer. Directed by David Gordon Green.

Laurie Strode will come to her final confrontation with Michael Myers, the masked figure who has haunted her since she narrowly escaped his killing spree on Halloween night four decades ago.

REVIEWS Halloween - A thrilling and worthy successor to the horror classic

BAD MOMS (2016)
Starring Mika Kunis, Kristen Bell, Christina Applegate, Kathryn Haan and Jada Pinkett Smith. Directed by Jon Lucas and Scott Moore.

A woman with a seemingly perfect life - a great marriage, overachieving kids, beautiful home, stunning looks and still holding down a career. However she's over-worked, over committed and exhausted to the point that she's about to snap. Fed up, she joins forces with two other over-stressed moms and all go on a quest to liberate themselves from conventional responsibilities, going on a wild un- mom like binge of freedom, fun and self-indulgence - putting them on a collision course with PTA Queen Bee Gwendolyn and her clique of devoted perfect moms.

REVIEWS Bad Moms - Not as bad as you'd think!

FADING GIGOLO (2014)
Starring John Turturro, Woody Allen, Vanessa Paradis, Liev Schreiber, Sharon Stone, Sofía Vergara, Loan Chabanol, Bob Balaban, Max Casella and Aida Turturro. Directed by John Turturro.

In a scheme to make money, a man who owns a book store convinces his friend that a fortune could be made by becoming a professional gigolo.

ELYSIUM (2013)
Starring Matt Damon - Max, Jodie Foster - Secretary Rhodes and Sharlto Copley - Kruger. Directed by Neill Blomkamp.

In the year 2159, two classes of people exist: the very wealthy, who live on a pristine man-made space station called Elysium, and the rest, who live on an overpopulated, ruined Earth. Secretary Delacourt will stop at nothing to preserve the luxurious lifestyle of the citizens of Elysium – but that doesn’t stop the people of Earth from trying to get in by any means they can. Max agrees to take on a life-threatening mission, one that could bring equality to these polarised worlds.

REVIEWS Elysium - Good guy Sharlto Copley turns badass
Elysium - Great ideas with forgettable execution